The General Situation of Turkey's East Provinces in 1956 by An English Diplomats Observations

The report that Anthony D. Parsons, one of the most important names in the contemporary English foreign office, wrote based on his observations of the trip organized in the eastern provinces of Turkey while he was a young diplomat in the British Embassy in Ankara reminds us of embassy reports which are taken into account in the formation of traditional British foreign policy. With this research, it is aimed to contribute to the literature of the Democratic Party's history by examining the report in which the notes of the political-electorate relation, demographic structure, economic relations and anthropological characteristics of the period in question taken in the trip in 1956.